Nokia Launches Ultra-Performance AirScale Baseband and Brings The Power of Artificial Intelligence to Mobile Networks

Nokia announced the global launch of new products to further enhance its industry-leading AirScale baseband portfolio that combines ultra-high performance and capacity, with extreme energy efficiency. The solutions include two next-generation 5G-Advanced, baseband capacity cards named Levante and Lodos. Also announced is a new ultra-performance baseband control card, Ponente, with unprecedented throughput capacity. These new products are powered by the latest generation of Nokia’s ReefShark System-on-Chip (SoC) technology to enable industry-leading baseband cell capacity, connectivity, and processing. These baseband cards are optimized for 5G standalone architecture as part of Nokia’s modular and highly scalable AirScale baseband solution that supports long-term network evolution while ensuring investment protection. Nokia’s AirScale baseband is O-RAN compliant and will be deployed with Nokia’s own, as well as third-party, radio products. It will also be operated in future hybrid networks with Cloud RAN. Levante, Lodos, and Ponente will be trialed later this year, with commercial shipments beginning in the first half of 2024.